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29185. Woman and Child with their Automobile, Preston County, W. Va.

'Memorial services held in West Laurel Hill Cemetery Philadelphia, Pa. May 8, 1949 for Miss Anna Jarvis founder Mother's Day. The floral design displayed on top of monument is a contribution from Andrews Methodist Church Grafton, W. Va.'

29186. Memorial Ceremony at Tombstone of Anna Jarvis

29187. Filtration Plant, Weston, W. Va.

29188. View of Elk Creek, Clarksburg, W. Va.

'Founded Mother's Day in honor of her mother Mrs. Ann Reeves Jarvis. In May 1914 the United States Congress passed a resolution officially recognizing her as the founder, and at her request designated the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day. This was the anniversary of her mother's death.'

29189. Anna Jarvis

29190. Oakland Hotel, Webster Springs, W. Va.

29191. New Webster Springs Hotel, Webster Springs, W. Va.

29192. Public School, East Main Street, Buckhannon, W. Va.

A photograph of a large group of girls in front of a building at what appears to be a finishing school.

29193. Group Portrait of Women Students, Hilltop at A.F.S., Staunton, Virginia

29194. View from Loudoun Heights of Harpers Ferry and Bolivar Heights, W. Va.

Showing Three States, W. Va., Va., and Md.

29195. Looking Down the Potomac at Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

'The mother of Mother's Day - Sister in law of Mrs. Issac H. Shickler and mother of Anna Jarvis, founder of Mother's Day.'

29196. Ann Jarvis